Family/Spouse: Brendemuehl. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

+ J.M. Conway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Frank
• Cause of Death: Heart attack
• Education: Nantucket High School
• Occupation: Mariner, steam ship
• Occupation: Owner, paint business
• Research Notes: Find A Grave entry gives birth date of 31 December 1900, but obituary gives 31 December 1899.
• Census: 1920, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1935, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: May 1957, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I on the U.S.S. Michigan.

Census:
3 Milk Street

Census:
3 Milk Street

Census:
3 Milk Street

Residence:
Milk Street

Died:
Nantucket Cottage Hospital

Francis married Mary Catherine MacDougall on 4 Jun 1925 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Donald MacDougall and Flora MacClellan) was born on 10 Sep 1896 in Southwest Margaree, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 4 Apr 1995 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 7 Apr 1995 in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Catherine M.
• Occupation: Governess, practical nurse
• Census: 1930, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1935, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Second daughter of Donald and Flora. Grew up in Nova Scotia, then traveled to Boston. Worked as a governess there and came to Nantucket with the Burnham N. Dell family, where she met Frank Conway.

Survived by 13 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. One grandson, John Terrio Conway, died previously.

Census:
3 Milk Street

Census:
3 Milk Street

Died:
Our Island Home

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Sailor, Sea Captain

Notes:

Shipped out as a cabin boy aboard the ship N.B. Palmer at the age of fourteen. Served aboard the Palmer, Black Hawk, Davy Crockett, Minnie Allen, W.R. Grace, St. James, St. Nicholas, and the San Joaquin before being given command of the ship Lucile in 1891. Remained captain of the Lucile until 1895, when he began serving with Captain Clement Small aboard the Manuel Llaguna. After returning home to Nantucket, he purchased a fleet of catboats, which he rented to summer visitors.

Died:
At his home on Milk Street

John married Teresa Estelle Johnson on 31 Aug 1886 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA. Teresa (daughter of Andrew Johnson and Delia O’Donald) was born on 8 Oct 1857 in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 21 Jan 1941 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Jan 1941 in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Stella
• Census: 1920, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1935, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1940, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Accompanied her husband on several sea voyages, including one “around the horn” to San Francisco. Teresa then returned by train.

Census:
3 Milk Street

Census:
3 Milk Street

Census:
3 Milk Street

Notes:

In 1891, Captain Conway and his Stella purchased their home at 3 Milk Street in Nantucket. This house was later the home of their son Frank and his family. Frank’s wife Catherine lived in the house until 1993.

Donald + Flora MacClellan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]